Velocipede



' (Model.)

l J. S.IGYILL, Jr., '8a G. B. ALEXANDER. Velocipede'. Y

1 No. 227,685. v y Patented M'ayjs, Isso.

* UNITED STATES PATENT .l OFFICE..

JOSHUA s. GIEL, JR., AND GEORGE RALEXAN'DER, OE RioHwOOD, OHIO.

VELOCIPEDE.

sPEcIFTcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,685, aateaivray 18, 1880.

Application filed March 31, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOSHUA S. GILL, Jr., and GEORGE B. ALEXANDER, of Bichwood, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Velocipedes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

Our invention relates to velocipedes or other similar hand-propelling` vehicles; and'it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claims.

In thev annexed drawings, to which reference is made, and which fully illustrate our invention, Figure l is a plan view of a velocipede embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same;v and Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail views of the operatin glever.

A represents the frame-work of the velocipede, supported at the rear end by wheels B B, rigidly secured to the ends of an axle, C, which is formed with a crank, a, in the center.

At the front endthe frame is supported by asingle caster-wheel, I), having the stem b of its horn swiveled in the frame, so that the wheel may be turned more or less in either direction for guiding the velocipede.

At the front end of the frame is secured the seat-bar E, which extends rearward and has the seat F upon its extreme rear end. To the forward portion of the seat-bar E, on each side, is pivoted a treadle, G, which also extends rearward suficiently far to permit the rider to place his feet on both on them when seated on the seat F. y

The crank a of the axle C is, by a' pitman, H, connected with the lower end of the operating-lever. This lever is made in two parts, I and J. The part I'is of the form substantially as Yshown, in Figs. 2 and S-that is to (Model.)

connect the lever with the frame, and two other links, L L, connect it with the treadles G G.

The lowerendfof the part .J of the operating-lever is in the form of a tube or socket, and fits over the upper end of the part I. This part J passes up through an elongated slot, rv, in the seat-bar E and has a handle, M, at tached to its upper end.

The lower end of the tube or socket has two slots, t' t', opposite each other, and a pin, h, passing through the upper end of the lever I, projects through said slots and .into rigid.

. cross-bar, p, on the stem b of the caster-wheel.l

The person occupying theseat, as he pulls the operating-lever toward him, throws his weight, with'his feet, on the treadles, and asl he pushes the lever from him he necessarily" transfers the weight of his body from his feet to his seat, which principally propels the machine. f

B'y the lever being in two' parts, and the ring or wheel R having the swivels ycoming in a direct center with the pivot of the lever, and which holds the two parts of the lever together, when the lever rocks it leaves the guiding-rods n n of the same length all the time.

Having thus fully described our invention,l what we claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` 1. In a velocipede or similar vehicle, the combination of the crank-axle C, pitman H, and the angular lever I, pivoted in hangers under the seat-bar, and connected by links with the frame and with the treadles, substantial] y as herein set-forth.

9 2. The combination, 1n a veloclpede or s1m1- IOO 3. The operating-lever made in twoparts, I and J, the part I being of the angularform shown and pivoted in hangers under the seathar, and the part J made as a tube or socket to fit on the upper end of the part I and capable of limited rotation in either direction,

. in combination with the seat-bar, connectinglinks, treadles, pitman, and crank-axle, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The combination of the lever I J Wheel R, attached to the part J, and provided with 

